[GRASSLIST:946] Re: Splicing two surface maps

[Hamish]

> I need to put two surface raster maps together.  Would I create a new
> location that encompasses the national grid for both maps, copy both
> maps to this location, then use r.patch to splice them together?  Or
> would it be a bit more involved than this?


You got it.

If the maps are already in the same location (ie they're in the same
projection), you don't even have to make a new mapset. Just make the
region big enough to fit the two with g.region.

Remember r.patch takes the first listed map's data over the second if
they overlap.


Hamish